THE GREAT CHRONICLE OF BUDDHAS
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(5) The Buddha is called
Lokavid|
because he knows all the three worlds;
(6) The Buddha is called
Anuttaropurisa dammasÈrathi
because He is incomparable in
taming those who deserve to be tamed.
(7) The Buddha is called
SatthÈdeva manussana
because He is the Teacher of devas and
humans.
(8) The Buddha is called Buddha because He makes known the Four Ariya Truths;
(9) The Buddha is called
BhagavÈ
because He is endowed with the six great qualities of
glory.
‘We will have perfect confidence in the Dhamma reflecting that:
(1) The Teaching of the
BhagavÈ
, the Dhamma, is well expounded.
(2) Its Truths are personally appreciable.
(3) It is not delayed in its results.
(4) It can stand investigation.
(5) It is worthy of being perpetually borne in mind.
(6) Its Truths can be realized by the
ariyas
individually by their own effort and practice.
‘We will have perfect confidence in the Sangha reflecting that:
(1) The eight categories of
ariya
disciples of the BhagavÈ, the Sangha, are endowed with
the noble practice.
(2) They are endowed with straightforward uprightness.
(3) They are endowed with right conduct.
(4) They are endowed with the correctness in practice deserving reverence.
(Being thus endowed with these four attributes:-)
(5) The eight categories of
ariya
disciples of the BhagavÈ consisting of four pairs are
worthy of receiving offerings brought even from afar.
(6) They are worthy of receiving offerings specially set aside for guests.
(7) They are worthy of receiving offerings made for the sake of acquiring great merit
for the hereafter.
(8) They are worthy of receiving obeisance.
(9) They are the incomparable fertile field for all to sow the seed of merit.
And also you should practice with the resolve: ‘We shall always lay everything we have
to be at the disposal of donees who have morality and who conduct themselves well.’ ‛
Citta the householder then made his friends and relatives to be established in the routine
of paying reverence to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha and in charity. With these
last words he expired.
(The scriptures do not specifically say in which realm Citta the householder was
reborn, but since he was an
anÈgÈmin
, he was presumed to be reborn in one of the
fifteen
BrahmÈ
realms of Fine Material Sphere outside of Non-Material Sphere,
most probably in the Pure Abodes,
SuddhÈ vÈsa BrahmÈ
realm).
4. HATTHAKŒLAVAKA of Uposatha Habit
(a) His Past Aspiration
The future HatthakÈÄavaka was reborn into a worthy family in the City of HaÑsÈvatÊ,
during the time of Buddha Padumuttara. On one occasion, when he was listening to the
Buddha's sermon, he saw a lay disciple being named the foremost among those lay